"I don't really think about it like that. It's just a chance for me to be in a final. In my career I've been fortunate enough to be in some finals, but I don't think about being the first because I'm not going to be the last. I think there's going to be more players. There's always records to be broken, so I'm not thinking about it like that."

-- U.S. attacker Clint Dempsey on the possibility of becoming the first American product to play in a European club final when his team, Fulham, faces Atletico Madrid on Wednesday in the Europa League final. (AP)